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Graduate student relishes role as special education teacher in Reading School District
Derrick Golden is a busy man.A graduate student at Alvernia University and a member of the men’s basketball team, he’s also employed full time with Reading School District (RSD) as an emergency-certified fifth-grade special education math teacher....
Industry-focused faculty fuel COO’s career trajectory
Industry-focused faculty fuel COO’s career trajectoryWhen LeeAnn Smulligan MBA ’09 walks into a room, people listen, not solely because of her title, but because of the way she leads. With more than two decades at Mrs. T’s Pierogies, Smulligan has...
Director of groundbreaking program believes his field is a calling
In recent years, our world’s focus has shifted to serious concern about mental health and addiction issues. More than 40 years ago, Alvernia was a forerunner, featuring prominently in the solution to this problem by initiating the Alcoholism Couns...
Math and philosophy major sees future in national cybersecurity
PHOTO: Michael Carrion, center, toured SNO Lab, a physics laboratory that specializes in researching dark matter and neutrinos, while chairing the international conference “Cosmology between Deleuze and Science” in Sudbury, Canada.Michael Carrion ...